King James Version

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

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רַ֥קraqonlyרַקparticle, affirmation — “only”H7535properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, althoughbut, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).דָּמ֖וֹdamvoblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תֹאכֵ֑לtokheleatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָ֥רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtishpekhenvcastשָׁפַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cast”, an unfinished actionH8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl outcast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.כַּמָּֽיִםkamayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

Young’s Literal Translation

Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

World English Bible

Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Darby Translation

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Douay-Rheims

Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out on the earth as water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πλὴν αἷμα οὐ φἀγεσθε· ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐκχεεῖς αὐτὸ ὡς ὕδωρ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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